Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry hospitalised after collapsing during Hollywood Vampires gig
Perry is in a stable condition
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Your support makes all the difference.The Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry has been rushed to hospital after collapsing on stage during a gig in New York.
Perry, 65, was performing with his Hollywood Vampires bandmates Alice Cooper and Johnny Depp at The Amphitheater in Brooklyn when he suddenly slumped onto the drum stage before staggering off.
One witness described how Perry went behind a small wall and then passed out in a post on Instagram.
“FDNY and NYPD carried him off quickly,” the user named ‘leeniepics’ wrote.
Cooper said Perry is in a “stable condition” and “under the best care” in hospital. An administrator at Coney Island Hospital told the Associated Press Perry is undergoing tests.
A representative for the Hollywood Vampires record label Sujata Murthy said Perry is “stable and resting.”
Perry, Cooper and Depp joined forces in 2015 to form the Hollywood Vampires. Perry’s agent could not immediately be contacted for comment.
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